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2009-01-07 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Hamas fighter: 'We fight Israel one day on, one day off'

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Posted by 3dc 2009-01-07 15:22|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 It pretty much has to be that way to run a sustainable military organization. Human beings are not machines and need to rest. I am sure the IDF does the same thing. You engage troops for some period of time and then you relieve them.

Now if Israel would simply pick up all military aged males and place them into "temporary protective custody" until hostilities are over, things might go a little quicker for them.

Posted by crosspatch 2009-01-07 15:30|| 2009-01-07 15:30|| Front Page Top

#2 and twice on Sunday.

Time and a half for overtime.

Posted by DK70 the Scantily Clad7177 2009-01-07 15:44|| 2009-01-07 15:44|| Front Page Top

#3 and, as a bonus, they don't have that long commute to the office on their day off

Posted by mhw 2009-01-07 16:05|| 2009-01-07 16:05|| Front Page Top

#4 So I guess the secret is to catch them on their day off?

Posted by tu3031 2009-01-07 16:10|| 2009-01-07 16:10|| Front Page Top

#5 The phrase "US-funded war machine" appears in the article, which was (surprise!) written by Azmi Keshawi.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2009-01-07 16:20|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2009-01-07 16:20|| Front Page Top

#6 his shifts run from 10pm until 5am every other night

Ah, the dreaded graveyard shift. Seems appropriate to me. He can mop the morgue

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-01-07 16:33|| 2009-01-07 16:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Ooops! Send button went off prematurely last comment. My cat stepped on the keyboard before I changed the picture link.

his shifts run from 10pm until 5am every other night

Ah, the dreaded graveyard shift. Seems appropriate to me. He can mop the morgue

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-01-07 16:40|| 2009-01-07 16:40|| Front Page Top

#8 Rainbow Coalition?

Posted by tipover 2009-01-07 17:20|| 2009-01-07 17:20|| Front Page Top

#9 In 632 AD the Arab savage set out to conquer the world. They can't stop because they hold a manual of aggression - the quran - to be sacred.

Smack yourself on the head if you disbelieve that Muslims are anything but inherently aggressive, and that anyone who appears otherwise is either betraying cult dogma or playing taqiyah subversion.

It is them v us

Posted by Zenobia Whing6519 2009-01-07 17:28|| 2009-01-07 17:28|| Front Page Top

#10 So, the UAW organized Hamas, eh? If Hezbollah's rank and file is represented by the Teamsters, it would explain a great deal.

Posted by Mike 2009-01-07 17:36|| 2009-01-07 17:36|| Front Page Top

#11 They need Japanese competition Mike. Not sure we want to oblige.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-01-07 17:51|| 2009-01-07 17:51|| Front Page Top

#12 If they had to work to buy food they would not be able to do this. The UN and various government funded NGOs take care of the food, clothing, health and education of the Paleos. They have a far higher standard of living than hundreds of millions in India, China and Africa.

Posted by john frum 2009-01-07 18:53|| 2009-01-07 18:53|| Front Page Top

#13 On their day off they probably go to the job bank.

Posted by tu3031 2009-01-07 18:54|| 2009-01-07 18:54|| Front Page Top

#14 Exactly, crosspatch. I whined and pushed for the same thing (mass preventive detention of military-aged males - targeted, however) in Eye-rak. Yes, yes, yes - lots of unpleasantness and complications. But all well worth the effect. Especially in this case. Iz'rl is doing a time-limited op in a small area. Detaining and screening every MAM would surely pay off, and simultaneously put a crimp in Hamas' sitcheeation.

Posted by Verlaine 2009-01-07 23:49|| 2009-01-07 23:49|| Front Page Top

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